Corset display-stand



(No Mo'del.)

E. A. GAGE, Jr. CORSET DISPLAY STAND.-

No. 506,875. Patented Oct. 17, 1893.

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NrTED STATES PATENT rrrcn.

CORSET DISPLAY-STAND.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,87 5, dated October 17, 1893.

Application tiled November 12, 1892. Serial No. l51383. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBEN A. GAGE, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga. and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corset Display-Stands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The corset display stands now in common use are made of papier mache in imitation of the feminine torso. These stands are admirably adapted to display to good advantage corsets which fit them, but no others. Thus if a merchant carries, as they commonly do, corsets of three dierent waist lengths, so called, he could not make a satisfactory display of these three kinds of goods unless he had three different display stands corresponding to the three lengths. Moreover these stands are expensive to manufacture, and are both bulky and heavy, wherefore the cost of their shipment is no small item to the corset manufacturer, by whom they are generally furnished.

The object of my invention is to provide a corset display stand, which is much cheaper in first cost than those now in use; which is adjustable so as to fit corsets having different lengths of waists; which shall be light and therefore easy to handle; and which may be so taken apart and folded up that for shipment or storage they will occupy very little space.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawingsJiigure lis afront elevation of my improved stand adj usted for use in displaying a corset, which is shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the lower section of said stand with the supporting post turned down against the hip distender for packing in small compass. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the upper part of the stand showing the bust distender board turned down against the post. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the bust distender; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the waist distender.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents the bust distender, which I prefer to make from a board of half an inch to an inch in thickness, and of substantially the shape and size of the bust portion of the corset.

B represents the hip distender, which is of substantially the shape and sizeof the hip portion of the corset. These distending boards are secured to the post C, and are adjustable toward and from each other, Wherefore the stand is adapted to be used to display corsets of different waist lengths. To secure this adjustment, I have made the postof two telescoping parts c c', and have provided means for securing them together when in various positions relative to each other. The means provided are a pin, which passes through the part c, and several holes in the part c, with any one of which said pin may engage.

D represents the waist distending board which is mounted on the post and is adjustable up and down on the same, as circumstances require. The means for securing this adjustability of the waist distender consists of the two tlat springs cl d which are secured thereto and impinge against the post with sufticient force to hold the board D at any point thereon to which it may be moved. For some kinds of corsets this waist distender may, if desired, be omitted, although the stand is better adapted to its intended use when it is present. lVhen the stand is properly adj usted, a corset may be fastened about it. The bust part of the corset is distended by the board A, the hip portion by the board B, and the waist portion is held in shape by the board D.

In order that the stand described shall be adapted to occupy a small space for storage or shipment, I connect the board A to the part c of the post by a hinge a, and similarly connect the board B to the part c. The hooks G and eyes G secured respectively to the two parts hinged together, afford means for holding them in the relative positions shown in Fig. l. The two parts of the post may be separated, and each part thereof swung on its hinge down against the board .to which it is attached. The waist distender may be entirely disconnected from the post. The described stand is supported from a IOO suitable base E by means of a standard F of any desired length. This standard mayserew into both the board B and base E, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, whereby these parts may be disconnected. Thus all of the parts may be made to occupy Very little space.

Having described my invention, I claiml. In a corset display stand, the combination of a post with a bust distending board, hinged to the upper end, and a hip distending board, hinged to the lower end thereof, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a corset display stand, the combina-f tion of a post consisting of two telescoping parts, and means for adjustably connecting them together, with a bust distender secured to the upper part, and a hip distender secured 

